- March 22nd, 2026
Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama signaled growing concern over the yen’s sharp decline, suggesting Tokyo may step up market interventions to stabilize the currency. Katayama emphasized shared worries with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over what she described as the...
South Korea’s central bank is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.50 per cent on Thursday, as weakness in the local currency and lingering inflation risks constrain the scope for further monetary easing, according to economists...
Nvidia does not require customers to make full upfront payments for its H200 artificial intelligence chips, the U.S. chipmaker said on Tuesday, pushing back against claims that it had imposed unusually strict commercial terms on Chinese buyers amid regulatory uncertainty....
North Korea on Monday sharply condemned what it called “shameless” actions by the United States that, it says, undermine the authority of the United Nations and constitute a “hideous criminal act.” The denunciation came in an unusually pointed statement from...
Asian equities climbed on Monday while the U.S. dollar softened and investors sought haven assets after a bombshell development in Washington that has shaken global financial markets: the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, threatening a...
Hong Kong’s High Court will on Monday (Jan 12) hear the mitigation plea of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, marking the final procedural stage before sentencing in one of the most consequential national security trials since Beijing imposed the sweeping...
Japan took a bold step toward securing critical minerals on Monday as a government-backed deep-sea mining vessel set sail on a pioneering mission to extract rare earth–rich mud from the ocean floor near the remote Minamitori Island, highlighting Tokyo’s growing...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is edging closer to calling a snap general election, a move that would test her personal mandate for the first time and could reshape Japan’s political landscape amid economic uncertainty and rising tensions with China....
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister, Kim Yo Jong, has demanded a detailed “explanation” from South Korea over a drone that Pyongyang claims violated its airspace earlier this month, escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula even as both...
North Korea on Saturday accused South Korea of sending another drone into its airspace for surveillance purposes, a claim Seoul has firmly denied, escalating tensions on the heavily militarized peninsula. The North Korean military said it tracked a drone “moving...
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